RELATING TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RESEARCH.
Summary
Establishes the Innovation and Commercialization Initiative Program to expressly give the University of Hawaii the legal authority to create, promote, and participate in new economic enterprises and expand workforce opportunities based on inventions and discoveries generated by or at the University. Repeals on June 30, 2021. (HB847 CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Jun 2017
Introduced Jan 23, 2017
Signed Jun 22, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
56
Key actions
23
Committee
26
Amendments
3
Jun 22, 2017
Signed into law
Act 039, 06/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
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Jun 22, 2017
Signed into law
Act 039, on 06/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1139).
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Apr 28, 2017
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 185).
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 185) as amended in (CD 1).
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Wakai, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz.
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Nishimoto, Keohokalole, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Har.
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Apr 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 10:00AM in conference room 329.
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Apr 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday, 04-27-17 at 4:30 PM in Conference Room 329.
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Apr 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 1:00PM in conference room 329.
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Apr 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-17 10:30AM in conference room 329.
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Apr 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-21-17 1:00PM in conference room 329.
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Apr 13, 2017
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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Apr 11, 2017
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 614) in amended form (SD 1).
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Apr 11, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
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Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, K. Kahele, Shimabukuro.
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Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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Mar 24, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on JDL/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-30-17 9:50AM in conference room 211.
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Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL/WAM.
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Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Reported from HRE/ETT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1128) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDL/WAM.
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Mar 17, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Kidani, Espero, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran.
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Mar 17, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in ETT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, Baker; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, L. Thielen.
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Mar 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on HRE/ETT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-17 1:30PM in conference room 414.
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Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to HRE/ETT, JDL/WAM.
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Mar 3, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 45).
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Mar 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
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Feb 22, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Choy.
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Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).
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Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 680), recommending referral to FIN.
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Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Oshiro, McDermott.
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Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 189) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
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Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Creagan, Har, Ing, Ohno, Onishi, Takumi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on HED recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-07-17.
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Jan 27, 2017
Committee
Referred to HED, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 4
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Jan 23, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
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Sponsors
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